, 1887-02-27
WINTER NOTES.
Common Occurrences in and About
the City.


1t looks very much as though March
will come in like a lion this year.
The passenger train from the West will
be at least two and one half hours late to-
day.
There was plenty of wind and dust
yesterday, and the weather was also too
cold for comfort.
The justices courts yesterday had quite
an amount of civil business on hand, but
police cases were scarce.
There will be a meeting Of st. Marks
guild Tomorrow afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. I. B. Adams at . o'clock.
b. +. Deitrick. as special constable, had
a sale of attached property on hand yes
terday, but postponed it until tomorrow.
Chief Justice Maginnis yesterday signed
and thereby closed up the district court
journal for the November, 1886, term of
cOurt.
The Misses Ulrich and Wallace, fash
ionable dressmakers, recently of Denver,
have located at No. ll3 West Seventeenth
street.
Sunday again; read the church notices,
mako your selection, take you wife or
sister. or, if you have neither, then some
other fellows sister, and 20 to church.
There will be a regular meeting of the
county commissioners next Tuesday at 10
O'Clock a. M, and a meeting of the city
council in the evening of the same day.
The secretary of war has issued an order
prohibiting army bands from accepting
outside employment where there are other
bands. This is for the protection of home
industries.
F. S. Rice, the Cheyenne & Northern
contractor who made an assignment dur
ing the past week for the benefit of his
creditors, has zone Fast, but his family is
still here.
The fair grounds authorities will not
permit the gun clubs to do any firing on
the premises, and hence the boys have to
% ont on the north side of The grounds
for that purpose.
The Ladies' Relief So %conren,late
getting up an entertainment in c%ohjunc-
ton with the NJ. f. lyceum. and both
societies have appointed committees to
cnnfar IN tho oub;oot
Judge Kuykendall, the city clerk, and
who is ex-oficio CITY assessor, will COM
mence the work of making the assessment
of the taxable property OF the city March
10 or about that time.
The members of the NJ. L. Literary
Society are much divided in opinion about
the propriety of purchasing a piano. Some
OF the members want to have the surplus
funds invested in a library.
The people of Silver Crown claim that
they can get to tie railroad quicker by
going to Granite Canyon than they can
by going to their W station, which is
seven miles, whereas to Granite the dis
lance is only six.
Miss Bessie Mcmahon, who recited her
selection at tie opera house contest on
Friday evening with unusual grace and
ability, was the recipient Of not only bou-
quets, but also of two beautiful baskets of
flowers and an elegant and costly jewel
case.
Prot. Mark Birmingham, of this city,
has made an elaborate report on the Car.
Donate Belle and other mines in the Sill
yer Grown mining district to Mr.. Colin j.
Mackenzie, president of the Swan Land
and Cattle company, who is a resident of
Scotland, and is also interested in these
mines.
Some days ago a stranger got a $40
gold piece changed at a business place in
Cheyenne, and after he had zone it was
decided that the piece of money was u
t%erfeit, and it was thought that they had
him, but before any attempt was made
to arrest him the gold piece was shown to
John f. Wild. John said he wished he
had a bushel of them, and that settled the
case.
FAmong the cowboy literature of the
Eastern press appears the following:
The cowboys of the far West have a
language of their own which no tender
foot may attain until he has served his
novitiate. They call a horse herder a
horse w%rangier, and a horse breaker a
'broncho buster. Their steed is often a
'cayuse,' and to dress well is to rag
proper When a cowboy goes out on
the prairie he hits the fiat Whisky is
family disturbance and to eat is to
chew. HIS hat is a cady,' his whip a
'quirt, his rubber coat a 'slicaer.' his
leather o~veralls are chaps or 'chapper-
ais, and his revolver is a '45.' Bacon is
overland trout and unbranded cattle are
mavericks '"